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Butter Mints

Introduction: Butter Mints

My Hubby just came up stairs, with the words “What is that I smell?” My reply: “Butter mints”. Hubby: “Where are they?” Me (thinking to myself): {Do I want him to know? He will eat them all.} Out loud I say: “They are on the plate on the counter.” Good thing these are easy to make, because I am going to have to make other batch, soon. This is how to make your own.

Step 1:

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons of softened butter

1 ¾ cup powdered sugar

2 Tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk

¼ teaspoon mint flavoring, oil based is best (I chose wintergreen)

Food coloring (optional, I used green)

Supplies:

Food processor (with chopping blade)

Measuring cups

Measuring spoons

Parchment paper

Ruler

Pizza wheel

Ignore the icing tips, they were part of an experiment that failed.

Step 2:

Put the butter into thefood processor.

Step 3:

Pulse until the butter is spread all over the bottom.

Step 4:

Add the powdered sugar,

Step 5:

sweetened condensed milk, and mint flavoring.

Step 6:

Pulse until the ingredients all mix together and form a ball. Taste the mint mixture and decide if you want to add a little bit more flavoring (I didn’t).

Step 7:

This is the point where you add a few drops of food coloring. Pulse until the coloring is spread evenly though out the mint candy.

Step 8:

Spread out a piece of parchment paper. Sprinkle some powder sugar on the paper. Remove the mint candy and divide into 4 pretty even balls. Roll each ball into a ½ inch in diameter snake (around 12 inches long).

Step 9:

Use the pizza wheel to cut each piece of candy about ½ inch long.

Step 10:

You can go ahead and eat them right now. Usually (if I have any left) I let them set to dry for 8 - 10 hours. Once they are a little dry, they can be put in a jar or bowl without sticking to each other. Trouble is they don’t always last that long. Well, I hope you ENJOY!